Budget so we dont matter. Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Families are selling their possessions, heading to food banks in droves. Last week more than 1. 2 million americans filing for unemployment, something needs to give, but for a divided congress, covid19 stimulus packages are a sore spot. Janai norman has the story. Reporter desiree didnt just lose one job, she lost three. A substitute teacher, she also worked as an actor and ran a Small Business doing Face Painting on the side. Ive had several people insultingly say well, youre supposed to have an emergency fund. Okay. I did. Orr he madthrgh into my on unemployment, in part helpe w federal aid. We have to pay electric, water, a mortgage, we have to pay that. Reporter i have to ask about the save the 600 sign in the back. This is both an emotional and mental and everything. Its anguish in writing, a cry for help. Reporter now, a week after that Emergency Assistance expired, lawmakers are still locked in a stalemate, divided over a more permanent relief package, as millions of americans navigate a cashstrapped new normal. We have enough to probably go for about a month and a half, two months. Im frightened. Im frightened about whats going to happen to so many families. Where were not lazy, but we dont want to lose our homes. Reporter democrats blasting the administration and peers across the aisle saying there arent enough jobs and people need help. Republicans want to apply just a bandaid. D some republicans pointing ay e out with this add benefit, some americans are bringing in more money now than they would if they were working. Democrats cant exactly tell us why in the world that we ought to be spending literally billions of dollars thats not focussed on getting the economy opened up again. The people who lost their jobs and are drawing Unemployment Benefits have what economists would call a high marginal propensity to consume. Reporter leersa coisa cook professor of economics. Consumer spernding is about 70 of gdp. The entire economy could crash if we are not helping those people who have lost their jobs and are applying for Unemployment Insurance. Reporter when the president signed the c. A. R. E. S act in march, a 600 bonus was given to people who were jobless. The 600 was added to the compensation from your state through july 31st. In new jersey, where the maximum pay out is 713, you would receive as much as 1,314 every week. In colorado, 1,218, and in louisiana, 847. Its just too much. It disincentivizes people from working. Thats going to slow our economic recovery. Reporter andy puzder wrote an op ed. First of all, we need to help everybody whos been disadvantaged by the pandemic. The problem with the 600 bonus is that it was actually intended to discourage people from working. We didnt want people to get back into the economy. We wanted them to stay home, so we didnt overwhelm the medical system and see the disease spread. Were sort of through that phase now. Were still seeing cases rise in many places. What would you say to those folks who feel like they need that 600 weekly bonus and are afraid to go to work because they dont want to get sick. If youre afraid to go to work, if youre staying home and getting Unemployment Benefits, you should be fine. What were talking about here is earning substantially more than you did before the pandemic forced staying home. Reporter that is one thing you keep saying, the 600 weekly bonus is a disincentive to work, that is dissuading people from going out and working. What evidence do you have to back that up . We have about 30 Million People on Unemployment Insurance in the United States and Small Businesses cant find workers, they cant find people to work. Usually when we advertise one opening well get 30 to 50 resumes within 24 hours, and weve received four since may 1st. Its hard to know exactly why thats happening. Reporter Angelina Swanson feels torn. Shes all for the 600 unemployment checks but she believes theyve had an impact on her business. I think its vital to keeping families fed and keeping them on their feet, and i also think its causing problems for Small Businesses like mine in getting people back. Reporter since reopening her spa, shes been short staffed and struggling to find applicants. I do think it is because people are enjoying stimulus checks, and, you know, im sure there is a small fear of coming back in, interacting with the public and possibly being exposed to covid. That is probably true, that some are making more on unemployment. That is not deterring them taking a job. I mean, people arent going to come out if theyre sick, and theyre not going to come out if they think theyre going to get sick. Reporter scott was one of those americans grateful for that extra 600 a week to help make ends meet. It was a great lifeline for us to pay some bills that couldnt be reduced. Theres a huge middle class sector, like us, that need that to, to get by. Reporter we first met scott in april, after he was laid off from his job at an Online Advertising company at the end of march, when coronavirus hit hard. Id say weve, weve exhausted pretty much every option for assistance that we can. Im at my next food bank, my second one for today. Im looking through my books, going to divide it up. Reporter now wrought thitho 600 a week, theyre looking at what possessions they can sell to get by. I went through my cameras. I have some antique ones and regular ones that i need to sell. Reporter and rationing medication while waiting for insurance to come through. At least ive got some credit card payments deferred for the next month. Reporter when do you think things are going to come to a head . Right now we have enough to last until the end of september. Reporter what would you say to those who say that the 600 a week bonus is a disincentive to work . Theyre misinformed. Many people dont believe something until it actually happens to them. Reporter as lawmakers leave washington for summer recess, desiree is left worrying about how to stay afloat. One of the things i did not anticipate during the pandemic was surgery, not for myself but for callie here, tore muscles in her leg. Now im looking at a 3,700 bill that i just dont have the money for. Its very emotional for my, because im a proud person. And ive always been an extremely hard worker. I would almost say a workaholic. 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For many working people, there are Sexual Harassment cases that often dont make headlines. Tonight, a woman using the strength of her convictions to battle abuse. Heres juju chang. I hated going to work. I hated passing all the men. I endured slurs about me like youre sexy, you look really good. Why arent your pants tighter . I was told women didnt belong on the construction site. Reporter tee tiara williams says she was harassed not only by colleagues but by superiors. I had to endure Sexual Harassment every day. I woke up sad and depressed that i had to woman here every day and passed by these men that completely violated everything that was my right as a human being, even fully clothed in front of them i felt naked. Reporter as a single mom, 15 an hour represented the highestpaying job shed ever had, an opportunity to provide for her 6yearold son. On the construction site, tiara and a few other women held the lowestranks and lowestpaying jobs. It was horrible, not just for me but for all the women. We always felt like someone was staring at our female body parts. Reporter you were objectified, it sounds like. Mmhm. Reporter and comments, gestures . All types of comments and gestures. And when you didnt respond to them properly you were called like a [ bleep ], whore, slut. Reporter the Construction Industry has the secondhighest rate of Sexual Harassment in the workforce, according to the bureau of labor statistics, and yet tiara feels left out of the me too movement, saying Blue Collar Workers like her and her coworkers, all women of color, were missed by the headlines. On some level were your stories are a recognition that Sexual Harassment has to do with power and not just glamorous women in ball gowns. Theres no me too movement for us. Were just women in construction. We do labor work. We get dirty like everyone else. I just think they think were low budget, so we dont matter. Reporter after nearly two years of what tiara says was daily Sexual Harassment she reported to her supervisors, two days later she was out of a job. I got a call saying i was being fired for insubordination and time stealing. Ive never been written up on the job. Ive never had any verbal warnings or anything before then. Reporter so you felt it was retaliation. I knew it was retaliation. Reporter tiara felt powerless. At the time, she didnt belong to a union. In fact, tradeoff, the company she worked for, specializes in providing nonunion labor to construction sites. But local 79 heard of her story and connected her to a lawyer and she decided to fight back. How would you characterize the culture at tradeoff . It was the wild west, no training, no complaint procedure, no supervision. Reporter jason represents tiara and four other women who sued tradeoff for Sexual Harassment. Theyre told that theyre not valuable as construction workers. Theyre only valuable as sexual objects. The harassment ranged from requests for sexual favors in exchange for benefits, like o r overtime to physical groping and unwelcome contact, sending sexually explicit photos, physical violence, to retaliating against people when they did complain. Reporter tiara was one of the first women to come forward about the company. We met her in 2019, when she was just beginning to find her voice. New york city is a union town reporter tiara, and eventually more than a dozen other womens allegations, were brought to the attention of new yorks first female elected attorney general. Shes a hero, she stood up and joined with others and realized that she would not be a victim but in fact a survivor. Reporter the attorney generals 17month long investigation found a pattern of severe Sexual Harassment over four years. Including solicitation of sexua firing of at least 12 women after they complained about Sexual Harassment. The result, a stunning landmark settlement last month for women in construction. Tradeoff settling with 18 former employees to the tune of 1. 5 million. What message do you think it sends to workers out there of all stripes, who feel like theyre in an allboys club, in a maledominated environment, where they have no voice . Sends a strong message. Not only to tradeoff, but to other construction sites, that they have to get their business in order, adopt a Sexual Harassment policy and cannot tolerate Sexual Harassment of any kind. It is junacceptable. Reporter in their settlement, tradeoff has denied all of the findings, saying they believe they were driven by a longlasting dispute with the union. But also adding, tradeoff considers any level of harassment to be unacceptable and deeply regrets that our processes for training and oversight failed some of the women who worked for us. Weve acknowledged those deficiencies and pledge to greatly improve them. Notably, part of the settlement requires an independent monitor for three years. Why is it important for you to have eyes on those . Because i dont trust them, and its important. Its important, again, that we verify. Reporter this is the first settlement in the ags office with a construction company. Mmhm. Reporter what goes through your mind . My son thinks im a rock star right now, and im really excited about that. Reporter for tiara, the settlement has emboldened her crusade. She now works as an organizer for that same union that helped her. One she considers a game changer for women. Thank you very much. No problem. If you ever have anything, call me, even if youre off work and im off work. Workers united will never be divided reporter she repeatedly refused to sign nondisclosure agreements so she could continue to speak out. Organizing her first rally just last week. I never want to feel what i felt before. From low wages to no benefits to Sexual Harassment. Reporter across new york city wherever tiara went, we noticed she got stopped on the street by strangers. Ive worked in a lot of different fields, and Sexual Harassment is real. Like i shouldnt have to play with you to get the same pay. Ive been through it, i went from nonunion to working union. Im not afraid to tell my story anymore. Thats what makes me good at my job. Our thanks to juju. Up next, shattered but still strong. Cancer wont wait. It wont wait for appointments to open up or test results to come back. Thats why at Cancer Treatment centers of america, our worldclass experts give you the care you need, when you need it. With appointments in as little as 24 hours and rapid test results to get you a personalized treatment plan. Because cancer isnt just what we do, its all we do. Call today. Appointments available now. Drop the taco, get in the car. Does this sentra feel like a compromise to you . Wait what . The handling, its good right . No compromise there. Nope. Watch this. 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